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. F. J. HERRIGK.

HORSEMAN'S SPUR.

No. 356,039. Patented'J'aJn. 11, 1887.

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FRANK J. HERRICK, OF NEWV BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE NORTH & JUDD'MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HORSEMANS SPUR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,039, dated January 11, 1887.

Application filed October 1, 1886. Serial No. 215.040. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. HERRIOK, of New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement Pertaining to Horsemens Spurs, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, 'where- Figure 1 is a side View of a spur embodying IO said improvement attached to a boot. Fig. 2

is a view ofthe same from underneath.

The heelband of the common riding-spur embraces the rear part of the riders boot just above the boot-counter. It is generally 1 5 attached to the boot by a fastening-strap, which runs under the boot just forward of the heel, thence passes through the forward ends of the heel-band, and is buckled around the instep. As a result of this construction, the rear part of the heel-band is left free to play up and down, thereby chafing and wearing out the boot, and also the lower end of the wearers pantaloons. Moreover, the spur proper is liable to get into such a position by being canted too far upward that it will not strike the horse fairly when the rider attempts to use the spur. The improvement in spurs which forms the suj ectmatter of these Letters Patent is intended to cure these and other defects appurtenant to the common form of spur.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a denotes the heel-band.

1) denotes the spur-stud.

The letters 0 0 denote trunnions projecting inwardly from the forward ends of the heelband, and taking under the sole of the boot, just in front of the boot-heel d, and, so far as this trunnion=like action is concerned, it is entirely feasible to extend the trunnions until they meet and join in a continuous crossbar. The letters 6 denote points attached to the trunnions and taking into the front of the boot-heel. Obviously, they might be turned upward instead of backward and take into the sole of the boot; but I prefer the rear- 43 weirdly-projecting points. The inner side of the heel-band a rests either against the bootheel or the counter of the boot, instead of being substantially above the counter, as in the old-fashioned form of spur. 5 The letters f denote buttons (or equivalent devices) for attaching the fastening-strap to the heel-band. These buttons are located cen trally of the heel-band, by which is nieantthat they are located away from the front ends of 5 the heel-band at least one-quarter of the distance from the front ends to the spur-stud, and this central location of the buttons is for the purpose of making the upward and forward pull of the fastening-strap bear alike,or nearly 6 alike, at both the rear and front of the heelband.

The letters 9 denote the fastening-strap, which buckles over the instep.

The efiect of this construction of the spur, 6 just described, is to make it retain substantially one position all the time, that position being one just below the pantaloons of the wearer, and one in which the spur-stud will always be where it will act effectively when 7 the rider desires to use it in pricking his horse.

I claim as my improvement 1. The heel-banda, having trunnions a bearing rearwardly-projecting points 6, in combi- 7 nation with spur-stud b and fastening-strap 9, all substantially as described, and for the purposeset forth.

2. In combination, the spur-stud b, heelband a, provided with trunnions a, button f, 8 located centrally of the heeLband, and the fastening-strap 9, all substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth. 1

FRANK J. HERRICK. 

